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Among these were spearheads some 6 inches in length with 
double barbs upon each side and formed from native masses 
of copper. . . Fig. 9 represents a copper arrowhead of fine 
finish which was disclosed within the inclosure. It is stated 
that spearheads, hatchets, etc. of iron, much oxidized by expos- 
ure, had been observed within this ancient work. None came 
to my notice.—Cheney, p. 49 
The arrowhead represented is large but otherwise like those 
of European copper found on Iroquois sites of the 17th century. 
: It is possible that native copper articles were found with this 
but Mr Cheney did not say he saw them. Others have reported 
modern copper arrows from forts on Cattaraugus creek, not 
found by them and therefore subject to doubt. They may have _ 
_ been used by the Eries in the 17th century. 
Besides 185 tempered copper beads found in a grave 5 miles 
_horthwest of Schenectady, Mr Van Epps reported a native cop- 
per ax in the American antiquarian for 1894, found 20 years 
earlier. Fragmentary copper occurs in a few places. Most of, 
the native copper implements now known in New York have 
been gathered within a quarter of a century and there may be 
many unreported now in private hands. Mr J. W. Nelson re- 
ported a fragment of native copper, 3 by 5 inches, with silver 
veins, from Deming’s point, mouth of Matteawan creek, and 
_a double-pointed knife 4 inches long. Copper spears have been 
doubtfully reported from Fredonia. 
In the summer of 1901 Mr Lorimer Ogden, of Penn Yan, 
obtained a fine copper spear, 6 inches long, but no further 
description of this has been received, nor any notes of locality. 
The find is quite unusual for that section of New York, as such 
articles seem very rare in the lake region of the central and 
western parts of the state. 
A fine celt of native copper was received too late for illus- 
tration, and is now in the Bigelow collection. It presents no 
unusual features, but has the black lines, corrosion and verdi- 
gris common to all articles of the kind. The general thickness 
is 2 of an inch, gradually sloping on one side to the top, but 
more abruptly curving on both sides to the broad cutting edge. 
